It’s my birthday today! I turn a whopping 32. To celebrate, my cousin flew in from France and we’re spending the day learning to knit with our Auntie …seriously. As if 32 didn’t sound old enough, an afternoon spent sipping tea and knitting scarves undoubtedly did me in! But I’m also being taken on a [...]
Archive for the ‘Media’ category
March 12th, 2010
The Daily News, The Yearly Beast
February 16th, 2010
Time for Lunch
It’s time for lunch. Or rather, it’s time to reform the school lunch program in this country. On Fat Tuesday, it’s apropos to direct you to my favorite celebrity chef at his recent TED Prize winning speech, wherein he announces that in the 18 minutes it will take for him to deliver said speech, 4 [...]
January 5th, 2010
A Feast Fit for a Queen
Click on the video screen above to watch the final webisode in a series documenting The Dinner Belle’s A Feast Fit for a Queen soiree. In this webisode, we take you behind the scenes of Queen Latifah’s lavish fragrance launch event to give you a sneak peek of life in our catering kitchen. If you [...]
December 18th, 2009
Season-a-Belle: Winter Recipe eBook
Tis the season to be spending ungodly amounts of time and money shopping and baking. And in a recession, that just strikes me as unfair. The holidays can prove trying on your wallet, your rolling pin and your stamina, so looking for shortcuts becomes a fore-drawn conclusion. If the harried holiday hubbub has left you [...]
December 15th, 2009
Chocolate-Peanut Butter Anything
I love anything made with the classic chocolate-peanut butter flavor combo. Anything. But because I avoid eating processed foods, I’m constantly trying to recreate the joy that is a Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup.
In my kitchen, I’ve tooled around with frozen chocolate-peanut butter ice cream sandwiches, chocolate-peanut butter cupcakes filled with Nutella, a chocolate-peanut butter [...]
December 8th, 2009
Gossip & Gift Boxes with The Belles
Click on the video screen above to watch the third webisode in a series documenting The Dinner Belle’s A Feast Fit for a Queen soiree. In this webisode, The Dinner Belles take to the couch to pick sage leaves (for my Brown Butter Sage Pumpkin Ravioli), wrap gift boxes filled with Whole Wheat Apple Crunch [...]
November 30th, 2009
A Tribe Thanksgiving
Click on the video screen above to watch my Tribe and I celebrate the season with a Thanksgiving Champagne Toast! With so much to be thankful for this holiday, I hosted my annual Friends Thanksgiving soiree and invited everyone around the table to share their stories of gratitude. In an effort to convert our British [...]
November 20th, 2009
Market Report: Evening In The Prep Kitchen
Click on the video screen above to watch the second webisode in a series documenting The Dinner Belle’s Fit for a Queen soiree, celebrating the launch of Queen Latifah’s new fragrance “Queen” at Macy’s, or click here to get my recipe for the featured Brown Butter Sage Pumpkin Ravioli. Begin at the beginning to view [...]
November 18th, 2009
Food Fight
Her revolution started with taste.
Back in 1971 when Alice Waters opened Chez Panisse, she wasn’t so much interested in becoming a restaurateur, as she was provoked to open a restaurant that would cater to her values. She wanted to feed the Berkeley revolutionaries and build a revolutionary meeting place that would, as she says, [...]
November 6th, 2009
Market Report: Mornings At The Market
Click on the video screen above to watch the first webisode in a series documenting The Dinner Belle’s Fit for a Queen soiree, celebrating the launch of Queen Latifah’s new fragrance “Queen” at Macy’s, or click here to get my recipe for the featured Brown Butter Sage Pumpkin Ravioli. Shopping at the Union Square Farmers’ [...]
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